Monument record TR 26 NE 1318 - Medieval Site 14 , enclosure, small sunken buildings and a large domestic structure - Plateau 5, Thanet Earth

Summary

The medieval features on Thanet Earth dated to between the mid-eleventh century to the early part of the fourteenth (possibly extending to AD 1350). The activity is primarily agricultural in nature with significant elements of domestic occupation. A site wide system of enclosures appears to be intimately related to various trackways across the site. The activity around these enclosures has been grouped into a number of Medieval ‘sites’. Site 14 comprised a more disperse collection of features, some of which did not appear to be directly associated with any enclosure, though all were near the massive ditch of enclosure 52. It included the largest sunken feature building to have been discovered during the investigations (SFB 55). Closer to the enclosure ditch were at least two sunken-featured structures and a third was located further to the north, 35m south of site 13. Dating of most of the features was similar to that of Site 13, primarily between c.1175 and 1350. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)

Location

Grid reference Centred TR 2911 6642 (51m by 83m) (11 map features)
Map sheet TR26NE
County KENT
District THANET, KENT
Civil Parish ST NICHOLAS AT WADE, THANET, KENT

Map

Type and Period (3)

Full Description

<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2023, Beneath the Seamark: 6000 Years of an Islands History (Monograph). SKE55405.

<2> Next Perspectives, 2003-2021, Next Perspectives APGB orthophotography, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 14-AUG-2003 (Archive). SKE57110.

<3> James, Holman, Robert Masefield, Jonathan Rady, Jake Weekes, 2023, Farming, Everyday Life and Ritual. 6000 years of archaeology at Thanet Earth, p163 (Bibliographic reference). SKE58381.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1>XY Monograph: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 2023. Beneath the Seamark: 6000 Years of an Islands History. [Mapped feature: #112051 Medieval site, ]
  • <2> Archive: Next Perspectives. 2003-2021. Next Perspectives APGB orthophotography. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 14-AUG-2003.
  • <3> Bibliographic reference: James, Holman, Robert Masefield, Jonathan Rady, Jake Weekes. 2023. Farming, Everyday Life and Ritual. 6000 years of archaeology at Thanet Earth. p163.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event Boundary: Excavations at Thanet Earth 2007-2008 (EKE14749)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: Historic England Thanet Landscape - Aerial Investigation Mapping (EKE23827)

Record last edited

Dec 20 2024 11:48AM